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a. Direct Service-The highest priority in the continuum where you help individuals navigate a current crisis situation. This is the most immediate form of response to a social injustice. Direct service may also include skill or capacity development opportunities that are longer term rather than immediate such as leadership development or enhanced vocational skills. b. Issue Education-To supply people with information or educational materials or other opportunities to learn more about a social justice topic or issue. c. Advocacy-To work on behalf of those most negatively affected by a specific policy or practice. Those who are being advocated for may not have any idea that this action is taking place. CULTURE, ETHNICITY & RACE • Culture-A shared way of life among a social group. This shared way of life includes commonalities in: geography, language, history,traditions, rituals, belief systems, etc. • Ethnicity- 1) Membership in a particular cultural group. 2)Often confused with race; ethnic groups are self-formed and identified whereas racial groupings were created by a single group and imposed on everyone else. Example: U.S. indigenous people are often referred to collectively as Indians, American Indians or Native Americans, however, the indigenous people of North America exist as many separate nations and ethnic groups that have different languages, histories and cultural practices. • Social Construction-An unreal "real'thing. Social constructions are not"natural';they do not exist outside of language and human imagination; in this sense they are unreal. However, our way of life is built upon the belief in or dedication to socially constructed categories such as"race."As such,though "unreal'social constructions have real world consequences for all of us. The movie"The Matrix" is often used to teach people how social constructions work. VARIATIONS ON RACE & RACISM • Racialization— 1)The ongoing process by which we all are shaped by racial grouping or "racialized" by structural policies/practices, institutional/organizational cultures, and interpersonal interactions. 2)Our daily experiences of being"raced"or"racialized."3)An acknowledgment that these daily experiences look and are experienced differently across various communities and category of identity. • Post- Racial— 1)A belief that we as a society have moved beyond race;that race and racism are no longer relevant because as a society we have addressed all of the racialized barriers to full and equal participation in American society. 2)The election of 82 2019 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT